Inthe 2019 adaptationof "PetSematary", during a sceneat a birthdayparty, oneofthecharacterscanbeheardinthebackgroundtelling a storyabout a bigSaintBernardwithrabies.
BigSaintBernard, hehadrabies.
Thisis a referencetotheKingnovelCujoabout, youguessedit, a bigdogthatgetsrabiesandattackseveryoneitencounters.
Kinghasconfirmedthat a numberofhisstoriestakeplaceinthesameuniverse, andit's alwayseerie, imaginingthehorrificeventsofonestoryhappeningjust a fewtownsoverfromanother.
However, unlikeothermoviesthatleanheavilyintoshockandgore, GoodnightMommyisalsoquitesubtlewithitsstorytelling, makingthetwistendingthatoneofthemaincharactersis a figmentofhistwinbrothersimaginationincrediblyeffective.
Therearehintssprinkledthroughoutthemovie, however, likehowthetwins' motheronlyusesthesingularGermanwordforyouwhenreferringtothetwins.
Butifyounarrowyoureyes, youcanseedozensofnakedfiguresstandingaroundthehouse, likely a groupofcultmemberswhohavebeenharassingthemainfamilythroughoutthefilm.
Asthefilmprogresses, theChuckydollslowlybeginstoresemble a humanmoreandmore, withhairthatbeginstorecedeandturneddarker, eyesthatlookfarmorlike a person's ,andskinthatseemsmoreorganic.
However, during a videocameraflashbackattheendofCloverfield, whiletwoofthecharactersarefilmingthemselveson a Ferriswheel, faroffinthehorizon, anobjectcanbeseenfallingintothesea.